Dimitri Bascou
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Schœlcher, Martinique, France | 20 July 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 110 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dimitri Bascou (born 20 July 1987) is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He is known for his explosive and fast starts. He won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championships and the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career[]
He was the silver medallist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and came fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
He improved his indoor best in the 60 metres hurdles at the BW-Bank Meeting in February 2011, coming second with time of 7.53 seconds.[2] He broke Ladji Doucouré's long-standing French record in the 60 m hurdles with a run of 7.41 seconds at the 2016 ISTAF Indoor.[3]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2005 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 14.84 (-0.7 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.21 | |||
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.60 | |||
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2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 10th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.20 (-2.6 m/s) |
2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.75 |
European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.66 (-0.7 m/s) | |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 16th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.49 | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 |
2011 | European Indoor Championship | Paris, France | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 7.64 |
Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.60 | |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 10th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.62 | |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 19th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.55 |
2013 | European Indoor Championship | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.72 |
Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.93 | |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 5th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.33[a] |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 7.50 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 110m hurdles | 13.17 | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 3rd | 60 m hurdles | 7.48 |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.25 | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.24 | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 10th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.48 |
Notes[]
- ^ Disqualified in the final
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitri Bascou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- ^ Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (2016-02-13). World leads for Schippers, Bascou and Wester in Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-15.
External links[]
- Dimitri Bascou at World Athletics
- Dimitri Bascou at European Athletics (archived)
- Dimitri Bascou at the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (in French)
- Dimitri Bascou at the International Olympic Committee
- Dimitri Bascou at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Dimitri Bascou at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Schœlcher
- Martiniquais athletes
- French male hurdlers
- Olympic male hurdlers
- Olympic athletes of France
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- French athletics Olympic medalist stubs
- Martiniquais people stubs
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